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The Role of the Bhagavad-Gita Philosophy in Social Transformation

By M. V. Shetty.

Published by The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management

In this conflicting era of diversity in every activity, how does one keep a calmness that is needed for effective performance? The technological advancement has brought many boons to humanity, but alongside has been the confusion of the options, the diversities, and the competition as well as an increase in the conflicts of humanity, stepped up by an equal measure. The Bhagavad-Gita, or a revered philosophy originated from the Hindus, though over five thousand years ago, has been instrumental in transforming societies of all cultures and religions, into the middle path, and is a tranquil way of handling life’s conflicts, over the millenniums that it has passed through. Can it be an important tool of transformation of individuals and societies today? The article aims at summarizing the teachings into ten pearls of wisdom (fundamental drivers of intellectual capacity or understanding) that may be of use as reference to corporate leaders, organizations and multi-diverse cultured societies into peaceful co-existence. This is a conceptual article born of reflective thinking and discussions with experts in the field. Efforts are being made to obtain the opinions of some of the students, i.e. of the values they obtained from the practices and reflection of this philosophy text and their opinion of this being a simple but effective tool for social transformation.

The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Volume 7, Issue 6, pp.57-74. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 858.966KB).

Dr. M. V. Shetty

Head of the Marketing Department, Faculty of Management, Multi Media University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia